Death in the Sugar Island
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1961Production year
1961Premiere
20 July 1962Runtime
93 minDirector
Jiří SequensCategory
filmGenre
adventure, dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Smrt na Cukrovém ostrověCzech title
Smrt na Cukrovém ostrověEnglish title
Death in the Sugar IslandSynopsis
The young Czech physician Trojan flies into the tropical island of Port Phillippe, where he is due to wait for a few days for the arrival of the Czechoslovak merchant ship on which he will be working. The friendly French driver Jean takes him to the not very luxurious Bel Air Hotel. He is woken in the middle of the night by a distressed young woman who asks him in French for medical help for her father. Trojan helps the old man, who has suffered a heart attack, and he is surprised when the woman addresses the patient in Czech. In this way the young doctor learns of the strange fate of the attractive Kateřina, whose father, the journalist Pirner, had taken her into exile with him in 1948. In France the girl had married the emigrant Kadlec. The trio had then set off together for Australia, but had been forced to break their journey on the island because of the father's illness. After a time they had run out of funds and Kadlec had been working as a labourer to make a little money. Only departure from the lethal tropical climate can save Pirner. His daughter has caught the eye of a rich businessman Gilberti, and Pirner is willing to leave Kateřina in his "service" in return for money for an air ticket. Kateřina refuses, but her husband still takes the money and immediately loses it at cards. After another heart attack the father dies. Kateřina accepts Trojan's offer and after a dramatic escape from the island she manages to get to the Czechoslovak ship.
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Cast
Marie Tomášová
Kateřina Kadlecová
Jiří Vala
MUDr. Trojan, lodní lékař
Jiří Holý
hotelový agent Milan Kadlec, Kateřinin muž
Rudolf Hrušínský
policejní komisař Appawou
Guy Decomble
řidič Jean
Zdeněk Štěpánek
lodní dodavatel Hanno Gilberti
František Smolík
redaktor Pirner, Kateřinin otec
Václav Lohniský
fotograf Frederik Hagen
Valtr Taub
Chrysomalis, majitel hotelu
Alena Karešová
sekretářka
Vladimír Navrátil
námořník
Egidio Bonanno
námořník
Bohumil Linka
námořník
Robert Vrchota
kapitán české lodi
Saša Grossová
host v baru
Věra Langrová
host v baru
Václav Podhorský
host v baru
Jaroslav Orlický
host v baru
Drahuše Hodrová
host v baru
Blanka Skalická
host v baru
Zdeněk Skalický
host v baru
Said Ami
tanečník
Hagi Amina
tanečnice
Moh Aša
tanečnice
C. Bassols
tanečnice
B. Bijoy
tanečník
I. Černý
tanečník
E. Danai
tanečnice
Dvořáčková
tanečnice
S. Edzang
tanečník
J. Folprecht
tanečník
J. Forejtek
tanečník
Afework
tanečnice
H. Haddjeri
tanečník
M. Hamitou
tanečník
Eva Hanková
tanečnice
M. Hunderson
tanečník
Alves
tanečník
J. Husák
tanečník
P. Christov
tanečník
M. Keita
tanečník
A. Kounouvo
tanečnice
A. Kovaříková
tanečnice
A. Křesáková
tanečnice
M.A. Ahmed
tanečník
C. Lamasiv
tanečnice
M. Maarfis
tanečník
Mironova
tanečnice
H. Nováková
tanečnice
H.W. Nyero
tanečník
Sharad Pawar
tanečník
Ali Paydar
tanečník
J. Prudký
tanečník
T. Přerovský
tanečník
Pulchartová
tanečnice
Rakotomalala
tanečnice
Rakotonaivo
tanečník
P. Rešl
tanečník
M. Rothová
tanečnice
Ola Samuel
tanečník
Agb. Seth
tanečník
Rana Shiva
tanečnice
G. Stará
tanečnice
S. Zhankar
tanečník
Milada Štekrová
tanečnice
J. Štichová
tanečnice
D. Šustrová
tanečnice
N.T. Thanh
tanečník
My Thien
tanečník
Tobing
tanečnice
B. Tomčeva
tanečnice
Renata Tůmová
tanečnice
Vavroušková
tanečnice
J. Vosátková
tanečnice
Ton-Nu-Ilan
tanečnice
Josef Havlín
hudebník
Khang Tran
hudebník
I. Beshir
hudebník
Ch. Beshir
hudebník
S. Baldé
hudebník
Randrianarivelo
tanečník/hudebník
Odula Odur
tanečník/hudebník
S. Diané
tanečník/hudebník
O. Bachid
tanečník/číšník
Abdulah Tahir
barman
Budinbu
barman
Abdellatif
číšník
R. David
číšník
James Miller Robinson
hotelový sluha Hasan
A. Fofana
čistič bot
Marcela Pražáková
cestující
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Based on
Jiří S. Kupka (Port Phillippe – povídka ze sbírky Loď do Šanghaje)
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Vladimír Huja, Václav Štědronský, Bohuslav Varhaník
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Vilém Henzel
Cooperation
Věra Kloubková (klapka), Doriana Felberová (klapka), Jindřich Panáček (fotograf)
Music
Production info
Original Title
Smrt na Cukrovém ostrově
Czech Title
Smrt na Cukrovém ostrově
English Title
Death in the Sugar Island
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
adventure, drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1961
Production Year
1961
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 23 March 1960
technical Screenplay approved 27 January 1961
start of filming 6 February 1961
end of filming 30 October 1961
projection approval 30 December 1961
withdrawal from distribution 1 September 1974
Premiere
premiere 20 July 1962 /unsuitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 3 August 1962 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Alfa /3 týdny/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Šmída – Fikar, Ladislav Fikar (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Bohumil Šmída (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
93 min
Original length in metres
2 645 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:2,35
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech, German, French
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
Awards
Vítěz
Exhibition: 2. přehlídka a soutěž filmů z hlediska filmové techniky při IV. kongresu Mezinárodní unie filmových technických sdružení Turín
1961
Turín / Italy
